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    " Health of Losdon Ddrko' the Week . —In the -week ending _lastSaturday i 1 ; 158 deaths were registered in the metropolitan districts ; ' the average for tencorrespondihg weeks of previous years ( 1840-9 ) is 1 , 125 , whichi u a correctiouhe made for increase ofpopuiattoii / becomes 1 ' 227 . ' The lowest number in the ten weeks was 916 in 1840 ; the highest was 1 , 401 _^ in 18 i & ' Though the rate of mortality has ranch increased since December , and- the present return shows an increase of nearly two hundred on the previous week , the deaths are still _less _' tban the average by 7 L To the coldness of the weather may he chiefly ascribed the increase of mortality which recent returns have exhibited . In the la _^ _st three

    _weess the deaths from phthisis or consumption have been respectively 129 / 140 , and 157 v ( the corrected average for last week being 146 }; from bronchitis , 103 , 120 , and 131 ( the average being 73 ); irom _uthma , _J 9 , 35 , and 27 ( the average being 52 '; and from pneumonia 95 , 83 , and 85 , whilst the average is 117 . Of the 85 persons ( comparatively few ) who died last week from pneumonia , 60 were children ; but of the 131 who died from bronchitis , which much exceeds the average , by far the larger proportion were persons of advanced age . Seven men and fourteen women died last week at eightyfire years of age and upwards ; one of the latter , in Bishopsgate workhouse , had reached the age of nmety-mne . Epidemic disease continue to be less carried off

    fital than usual , except measles , which 37 children , or rather more than the average . 1 his disease ranged in the corresponding weeks often -previous years from 8 to 51 . Only 10 deaths occurred fromdiarrhrBa ; and no deaths are ascribed to cholera in the returns of the week , but a man who had cholera in " August , and never wholly recovered from the effects of it , died in St . Tnom _^ s s Hospital , *» herehehad been for nine weeks . During tiie last seven weeks only 2 deaths from cholera have appeared in the bills of mortality . A few cases are selected from the registrars' reports : — -In Camden-town ( sub-district ) , at 30 , Cambridgeatrect , the son of a navigator , aged 1 year , died of " acute hydrocephalus ( congenital ) , slight fever ( 1

    • week ) , convulsions . " -At 19 , Cambridge-street ( same as above ) , the daughter of a whitesmith , aged 16 months , of " pertussis ( 10 days ) , pneumonia ( 3 davs ) . " Mr . Holl describes Agar-town , where this street is situated , as "damp , badly drained , and unhealthy . " At St . Clement Danes , in Nag ' s Head-court , the daughter ofa hawker , 11 months , of _^ convulsions . " Mr . Jones states , that " owing to-had drainage , the filth runs out beneath the water sink ; and creates so intolerable a smell that one cannot enter the yard for it . " At _Hackneyicad , in Turville-buiWings , a wadding-dealer died of " chronic asthma ( 5 years ) . " Mr . Murray states that the court is crowded , close , and ill-ventilated , and that the water not being laid on , it must be

    begged from neighbouring places . Kent-road ( sub-1 district ) , in Ann-streeti the son of a hawker , 10 -weeks , of "herpes and debility . " Mr . Fitch states , that "the parents and other inhabitants of the street are for the most part hawkers of vegetables , ic ., and have suffered severely from want during the late inclement weather . " Upper Clapton , Caroline-street , is described by Mr Montaigne as " very filthy , over-crowded , and seldom cleaned . "The mean daily reading of the barometer at the Greenwich Observatory was 29 . 574 in . The mean daily temperature ranged from 25 . 5 on Tuesday to 40 . 6 deg . on Saturday . The mean of the week was 3 "Li deg ., which is o . o deg . less than the average bf tiie same week in seven years . On Tuesday the

    mean temperature was nearly 11 degs . less than the average . —The births during the week numbered 1 , 383 . _ExraAOEMXAET Suicide . —An inquest was held on Saturday last by Mr . Bedford , at the Westminster _hospital , en the body of George Strickland , aged fifty . The deceased was a coach painter , and was generally sapposed to he of _unsound mind , from the eccentricity of his manner ; bis mother had also died insane . He Tedded at Little Queen-street , Westminster , and on the 21 st of November he went home j ss usual , but seemed badly in health , and low spirited . Soon after he sat down and then fainted ; at ten he

    said he was so ill that he would go to bed , and Ids landlord saw him to it . At eleven o ' clock there was a tremendous crash at the back of the house , and all the rails were broken . The deceased had jumped from his bedroom window , and had then rolled into the next yard , where he was bleeding profusely . The distance he had fallen was upwards of forty feet . He was taken up in an insensible state and conveyed tothe Westminster Hospital , when there were found most extensive _injuries to the head , but no fracture ; inSammation of the lungs came on , of which he died ou Thursday . —The jury then returned a verdict of _"Kataral death . "

    Determined Suicide of ax Insolvent . —An inqnest was taken ou _Saturday last hy Mr . Bedford , in the board room of St James ' s Workhouse , Polandstreet , Oxford-street , on view of the body of Mr . William Potter , aged twenty-eight , a master tailor , ofthe Jewish persuasion , residing at No . 2 , Great _Mariborough-street , who destroyed himself under the following determined circumstances : —The deceased had only been married about three months , and very shortly afterwards he became insolvent , and his wife left him . Paring the last six weeks he had been _veiy low and desponding , and he had mentioned to his brother that he was in fear of being imprisoned , as he had to go before the court on Saturday , to receive judgment , and he frequently observed that he

    < fid not know how to face his creditors . On Thursday morning on the servant going into the back parlour , she discovered the deceased suspended by a rope fastened to the door of the' closet . He was quickly cut down by a police constable , who was called into the bouse , and Mr . Spry , a sorgeon , was cent for , who pronounced life to nave been extinct same hours . — -Verdict , " Temporary insanity . " Melancholy Suicide . —On Saturday last Mr . "Wakley held an inquiry at No . 4 , Norland-square . _Notting-hill _, respecting the death of Miss Harriet _Csrter Ambridge , aged thirty-four years , a lady of fortune , who destroyed herself under the following very melancholy and determined circumstances : — Samuel Bartlett , a locksmith , deposed that about half-past two o ' clock oa Thursday afternoon he was called to the deceased ' s residence to pick the lock of & "bedroom door ; he was unable to do so , and he

    was eventually compelled to break it . open . On entering the room he discovered the unfortunate lady suspended by a piece of canvass , which w as fastened to die cornice of the bedstead . Her-feet were abont four inches from the ground . —Harriet Hill , housemaid in the deceased ' s service , said that for some days past the deceased had been very low and desponding , hut she had never shown any symptoms of insanity . On the said Thursday deceased appeared more cheerful than usual , and about twelve o ' clock sue left her mistress in her dressiugroom while she went to pay some tradespeopl e ' s bills , and on her return at one o ' clock she fonnd the deceased ' s room door fastened oa the inside ; she took no notice of the circumstance until _two o ' clock , when she 'became alarmed at her continued _absence , and called in Mr . Bartlett and Dr . "Wagget . After some further evidence corroboratory of the above , the jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity . "

    Death is the Millb _* nk : Prison . —On Saturday last an inquest was taken by Mr . Bedford at the Millbank Prison , on the body of Thomas Bnrtley , _aged twenty-four , a convict in that gaol . From the testimony of the warders it appeared that the deceased was received in the prison from Lewes , in the March of last year , by the unfortunate Mr . Hall , who was so brutally murdered by the man Francis . He was employed in the kitchen , and had the means of getting what he wanted . On the 3 rd of this month he complained of difficulty of breathing , and he was ¦ t once taken to the infirmary , and attended by Dr . Baly , the physician , who found he was labouring ' mnder bronchitis , which at last came to consumption , and he died on ihe 16 th . Oh opening the body a great number of ulcers were found in the lun _^ s , which accounted for the death . He was an excellently-conducted prisoner , and had every attention paid to him . The jury returned a verdict of •« Natural death . " '

    DlSTBESSIKG _OCCIJHBEXCE AT THE DoKE OF Bsdfohd ' s Matoioh . — -On Monday a respectable jury assembled at the Turk ' s Head , public-house , Hotcombestreet , Belgrave-square , before Mr . Bedford , the Westminster coroner , relative to the death of Elizabeth Hastless , aged fifty-three years , upper housemaid in the establishment of his grace the Duke of Bedford , No . 6 , Belgrave-square . — Policeconstable Boddy , No-200 , B division , deposed that oa Thursday evening , tbe 10 th instant , about seven o ' clock , he was on duty in Belgrave-square . when he observed the deceased leave the Duke of Bedford ' s _-man-ann . The pavement was exceedingly slippery in consequence ofthe severity of the weather , and she appeared afraid to walk , as she thought she would & U . Witness advised her to . walk in the road ,

    which she did , and had not proceeded far when she attempted to reach the pavement , and in doing so she dipped , and fell with considerable violence upon the pavement . Witness-went'to-her assistance , and found that she had broken her right leg . The deceased was quickly removed to the duke ' s residence , where she bad every attention paid her ; She went on most favourably for four or five days when mortification came on , aud it was deemed necessary to amputate the limb . ' The operation was performed mest satisfactorily , and she gradually improved until Wednesday week , Whenshe began to sink , and expired on'the following day . — Mr . Da Pasquin , _sur-I « mto the royal household , and two other medical _geuflemen were constantly in attendance during the whole time . _Thejuary returned a verdict of" _Accidents _deaths : ;• " _^ ; _^ ' _^ '

    . ; -Thb . xjje . Fatal Explosion op Naphtha in ; . TomraAH-conOTrWAD . — . Oa Monday -at twelve o _* _W _* Hjk , _anrinanest _;* Jt * M held > bj f Mr ; " Ti _^ WakleJi _^ _ad-P ., atthe _'British ; Queen ! public-house , * _Sussexrffa _^^ . Tottenham- _^ urt-road , touching the death of . _-jEobertrCook-Moore , aged ; twelve years , '' who died " _fionVjuiftuTes heluid received hy the late " explosion _tf ' naphfiia in _Jeha-street ; _Tottenh-un _' -eouit-road . —

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    Mrs . Charlotte . Moore „ the mother of the deceased , deposed that the ' deceased 4 ie & _, in _/ the _^ _TJnr-jersity College , Hospltal ,: _on- "Friday morning Inst j He | * with , an accident- oh the . previous . evenin g _,, ; about half-past five o ' clock , " and-witness , _saw _. him . about half an hour afterwards , and his body was fnghttuliy burnt . His arms , legs , hands , ; and , face were completely disfigured . ; The deceased-was quite _. sensioie , but did not say how the accident occurred . _-r-iue coroner said there was anotherboy injured , and mtneVs replied the deceased ' s brother , aged _ten-rr- - _^ coroner asked if lie said h-w the accident b ? PP _{™ " ? * -Witness replied in the affirmative , and said the deceased and tis brother were alone in «* f s _^ _Sed time . The shop was very dark , , and the A eceaseu was going to fill the lamp ,, which . usualy burnt _aphtha . The deceased held the _, can which Cuntamedthe naphthaand the lamp mtue _JK _^ _- ii

    , # _« _lameutuc uapmua , uuu _*» y _-r-rr ~ - ,- ; i w :. The deceased ' s brother stood _^ th . s . side , _ji th J lighted match in his hand , and ; while the _deceased was pouring the spirit into the Jamp . _Jh eyounge _* t said the _laip was full and running over .:: ihe deceased said it was not , and on looking at . t he drew the lamp close to the light , and the spirit immediately ignited and exploded with a loud report .-ihe jury thought there was no blame attached to any person , and re turned a verdict of " Accidental jlKtAKCHOLT Death of an Abtist . —On Wednesday an inquiry was gone into before Mr . Carter , at the Duke of Suffolk , Brandon-street , Walworth , respecting the death of William Harris , aged 73 years , an artist , who died under very painful circumstances , in a caravan , in which he h .-td resided for

    thirty years . ' The jury proceeded to an old caravan , situated in the corner of a filthy place , called Davy ' s Cow-yard , Upper Brandon-street , where they found the body of the deceased in a very emacUted state . The interior of the vehicle was quite unfit for the residence of a human being . —Martha Harris stated that the deceased was her husband . He was an artist , and they had been married , fortyseven years . Deceased , formerly , was in a large house at the west end of London ; but being reduced in circumstances , the deceased completed a collection of oil paintings , which he exhibited in the caravan at the various fairs round the country . They had lived in the same vehicle for the last thirty years ; but the deceased for a considerable period had been unable to' get about , and , ; therefore , the means of obtaining a livelihood had been stonned .. The only money they got was by deceased

    painting sign-boards , window-blinds , or anything he could get to do . He occasionally executed the paintings that were exhibited outside . the shows , but the remuneration was very had . On Sunday morning last the deceased was in the act of lighting the fire in the caravan , during her absenco , and on her returndeceased was lyingon the floor of the vehicle . Witness obtained assistance , but the deceased died in a few hours afterwards . The surgeon who attended deceased was of opinion that lie had died from an attack of apoplexy . —The Coroner : Do you mean to say that you have lived in the caravan thirty years?—Witness ( with tears in her eyes ) : Yes , sir , we have . —Mr . Cooke , the summoning officer , said tbat when he visited the place on Sunday morning , the only money the poor woman had was one penny . The officer added that he fully believed they had suffered great privations . The jury returned a verdict of " Natural death . "

    Smithfield Nuisance . —About two o clock pn Monday the inhabitants of Alderegate were thrown into astate of considerable confusion in consequence of an infuriated bullook passing down the _street , on its way from Smithfield . 'The animal seemed desirous of impressing on the tradespeople and passengers that an individual of no ordinary importance waB visiting them . After butting at a few harmless and disinterested spectators , without occasioning any material inconvenience , except creating a sensation of terror , he made a decidedly hostile approach towards a poor woman , who had just come up from the country to _sse her daughter—no doubt big with tbe expectation of witnessing some of the wonders of the great metropolis . Unfortunately for her , her fi _; st adventure was rather ofa serious nature . She

    was knocked down , her head was bruised , and she ws S forcibly and unceremoniously thrust into a shop , to tbe surprise ofa party who had just sat down to partake of a comfortable repast . The bullock , considering it had done sufficient in this quarter , took it into hia head to effect an entrance into a peppermint _? hop , a few doors off . Having broken ten squares of glass in the window , and passing through the shop he stationed himself in ihe . parlour , upsetting and destroying the furniture , and frightening into fits several old women . By this time there was a considerable concourse of people assembled . The animal was , with some difficulty got out of the shop , and pursued by some hundreds of boys and drovers _, was at length secured iu the classic regions of Charterhouse-square .

    Lonbo 5 ami Westminster _Coai Company / . — The winding-up of this company ' s affairs came on on Monday before the Master in Chancery Blunt , at his court in Southampton-buildings , Chancery-lane , on the petition of Samuel Stanway , of 29 , Granvillesquare , _Pentonville . The club or company was started iu April , 1 S 48 , to buy and sell coats and coke in London and other places , with a proposed capital of £ 30 , 000 , in as many shares of £ 1 each , with power to establish depots and wharfs . The place of business was 142 , Strand , and Robert Hope Gadesden , the projector , was appointed resident manager at _£ 660 a year . Agencies were appointed in different parts of England , but the scheme was soon after attended with pecuniary embarrassment and loss . The petitioner , who took five hundred shares and paid the deposit , was sued for the debts incurred , aid

    taken into custody , where he now remains . The assets are insufficient to meet the liabilities , and actions are threatened by creditors against the shareholders . The directors drew bills or promissory notes in the name of the _campany _, for debts due , and demands owing by them individually , and which the petitioner on affidavit states had no relation whatever to the legitimate affairs of the company . He gave notice to the secretary , Frederick Devey , not to countersign any of these bills or notes , or in any way to abet the directors in these proceedings , but the company , notwithstanding , have not paid the debts for which the petitioner is in custody , hor indemnified him against actions at law . The Master proceeded with the list of contributions liable to a pro rata call _fr * pay off liabilities , and several were placed on the list for this purpose .

    The Weather and the Pabks . —The frost continued throughout Sunday and Monday with undiminished severity , the thermometer standing at 28 . The ornamental waters in the various parks were visited by thousands of skaters and sliders . The ice being several inches thick , a great number of persons amused themselves by playing at several games , such as racing , hockey , & c . No accidents of any moment occurred , beyond a few partial _immersions and some bruises by sli pping down on the ice . The Electric Telegraph Company has now laid down wires by which the transmission of messages from tbe branch office at _Charing-cross , direct to all parts of the kingdom , can be effected at any hour

    during the day or night . This arrangement , from the proximity of the office to the houses of Parliament _, law courts , & c ., will increase the rapidity of telegraphic communications , both public and private , from the west end of the metropolis . Sudden Death at Wooiwicn . — Mr . De La Mare , a remarkably healthy gentleman , although about eighty years of age , residing with his son , the Rev . Mr . De La Mare , on Woolwich-common , while proceeding to church on Sunday last , fell down dead near the White-gate of the barrack-field , leading to the garrison . A medical officer from the Ordnance Hospital was promptly in attendance , but all attempts to restore animation was ineffectual , life being extinct . ....

    Mii _£ bai * k . Phxsoh . —On Saturday morning last the interior of the Millbank Penitentiary was again the scene of a most desperate outrage , which was committed by one of the prisoners under sentence of ten years' transportation upon a > warder named Balls , who narrowly escaped being murdered in the same manner as the late unfortunate warder Hall . Prom the information obtained it appears that on Saturday morning the warder , Balls , let the prisoner in question out of his cell for the purpose of allowing him to empty his chamber utensil in the customary manner . The warder followed the prisoner to the end ofthe passage , where the closet was situated . After the prisoner had emptied the slops the warder proceeded along the passage , this time followed by

    the prisoner . They bad not gone far when Balls momentarily noticed the shadow of the chamber utensil upon the wall , and the next instant received a violent blow upon the side of the head , " which partially stunned him , but on recovering his senses directly afterwards he turned round , and saw the prisoner in the act of striking him a second blow with the chamber utensil , which he held in his hand . The warder dexterously avoided the blow , and called out instantly for assistance . In the meantime the prisoner commenced ' a most murderous attack upon the warder , inflicting several severe blows upon the head , face , and arms , and causing extensive " wounds , from which the blood Rowed profusely . The warder , after a most desperate struggle _fqr . his life , succeeded in closing with'his antagonist , and , although he was weak from the

    loss of blood , ultimately forced him to the ground . At that moment several warders , who had heard Balls ' s cries for assistance , entered the * passage , and saw the prisoner and the warder on the ground stragg h _' _ng ' violently together . The prisoner was instantly secured and removed to one of the strong cells . . Balis was conveyed to _ the infirmary inia very exhausted condition ; bleeding from the wounds he had received upon his' head and face . Mr . Keridle , the- ' _** esident surgeon , _Quickly attended , and ; on-examining the body of the warder , found in addition _^ the numerous wounds " already mentioned , several contusions ; about the shoulders ; and arms , but fortunatel y no bonewas fractured , _!; Dr " Baly afterwards visited the ' wounded warder , and , under his skilful treatment , there are _sfcWHj * Jbopes that _BallswiU _" _speedily recover . - ' - ' ; ¦•• ¦ - ! _= " -

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    urn * tn the _TsMPiB'i Church . _-rifJrijiSunday "Siabout eight o ' clock , a fire _. _brokeoutinithe _^ _mmencement , threatened ,, serious _.. _mjury-to'ithe £ tifim A man named _Kimp , whose duty _.-is to . warm _thefchurch , nfterilightingth _^ -furnace , ¦ which ism the basement story , went into , the . _/ ehoristers : room immediately ; orerbead ; ; and so suddenly alarmed , at hearing an _= explosion , ; which apparently , proceeded from the room he . had . just left . . On ! returning : he foundthe furnace room-filled ; with flame and smoke . He threw some pails of water , on ; , the fire ,. but was speedily overpowered by the smoke , and fell insensible upon the floor . Fortunately , some . persons' con--hected with the Temple succeeded in dragging the man out . The fire , by that period , had forced itself

    completely through the roof of the furnace room , and had penetrated the flooring of the choristers' robing room . The engines having ,, been , set to work from Fleet-street , the hose were carried round the church , and the firemen were enabled to scatter the _waterlin the right dirt ction , but some time , elapsed ere the flames could be extinguished , and not until a great part ofthe flooring in the choristers' _robing-room was destroyed and a valuable pianoforte much burned . The beautiful organ ; which stood immediately ; , behind the wall on which the flames destroyed the outer plaster , also escaped injury . Immediately after the Divine service in the Sir

    performance of morning _Geirge Rose . Sir B . Gumming , , and the other benchers , visited the place for the purpose of learning the cause of the outbreak ; and it appeared that for some time past the man in charge of the furnaceroom had been iri the habit of piling bundles bf wood over the boiler of the furnace to dry . On . Saturday last a great quantity was placed , there ,, and on Sunday morning _' shortly after the fires were lighted the heat ofthe boiler must have set the whole of the wood in flames ; and the explosion heard by the man was no doubt caused by the bursting of the slate roof from the action of the fire . _j-r

    Fibe at a Candle _MANuFAOiOBr , —Shortly before seven o clock on Monday morning a fire . broke out on the premises belonging tq ; an oilman and candle maker named llugmah , situate . ihSlibemakerrow , Ludgate-hill . The lire , when first digcovered , was burning in an underground floor used as , a meltroom and warehouse , ' arid was not extinguished until the stock in trade , Ac , were ] seriously damaged ; Mr . Hugman is luckily insured ; ; . The origin of the outbreak is at present unknown . v -., ; _.,. . '¦ ,. r j Fire in St . James ' s .-On Sunday ( afternoon , shortly after one o'clock ; a fire broke in the premises of Mr . T . Grant , a furniture dealer , No . 36 , Princesstreet , St . James ' s . The flames were , confined to the destruction of the lower part of the building . . ; !

    Fire at Palmer ' s Candle Factory!—On lues _, day morning , about six o'clock , a fire broke out in the immense range of premises known as the patent metallic wick candle and lamp factory , situate jn Great _Sutton-street , Clerkenweli , the property of Messrs . Palmer and Co : The discovery was made by one of the lads employed onthe promises , who , on opening the door of the workshop found the place in flames . Having ' the presence of mind to close the door again ; he was enabled to give an alarm , which speedily brought a _number-ef workmen to the spot , who instantly , sot , to work , and happily succeeded in preventing" the conflagration from extending during the time ; lost in . sending for the engines . The firemen and _Workmen eventually

    conquered the flames , but hot until a groat deal of the flooring and . jo ' _stings were , burned and the utensils damaged by fire and water . - ! A Fire Inquest . —On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held at the . Union Tavern , _Blackfriars , before Mr . Payne , the ' City Coroner , to ,. inquire into the orig in of the fire wh' 6 _* v ; took place on the premises of Joseph Hugman , oil andcolourman , No 32 , Shoemaker _' s-row _, After the swearing in of the jury , the Coroner said he regretted the absence of Mr . R . Taylor , Common Councilman , who . had expressed an opinion that such'inquiries were totally useless , and , therefore , he had written to him . in order that he might attend and judge for himself . From the evidence , which was of a very suspicious

    nature , it appeared that the fire was discovered on Monday morning last , burning in four . distinct places at once , and the peculiar situation of two of the places rendered it impossible that the fire could have occurred accidentally . Mr . J . Hugman , who was examined , stated that himself and his workman lit a fire in the copper in the . front cellar for the purpose of melting some grease , and both of them having occasion to leave for a few minutes , on their return they found the place in flames . He admitted that for a long time previous thoy had not melted grease there . Between this witness ' s evidence and that of his workman several discrepancies occurred . A witness of the name , of George Nottley said that he had heard of the fire sometime before it took

    place . A man whom he knew had told him to beware of it three weeks before Christmas . Witness did not know the man ' s name , ' nor where he lived , hut had no doubt he could produce him if the inquiry was adjourned . The Coroner said he could not ask him the words . the man used , but if he ( JSbttley ) thought the evidence of the man would tend to throw some additional light on the subject , he would be happy to adjourn the inquiry to some future time , when the person would be forthcoming . It was entirely a question for the jury , as they could best judge of the importance of such inquiries . The Times of that morning had a paragraph in which it

    was stated that "tho number of fires during the year 1849 , in London , was 835 , involving the destruction of 400 or 500 houses , and twenty persona lost their lives . " Now , in the City of London , the total number of houses destroyed was only fourteen , and in the borough of Southwark eight . In those districts inquests were held in every case , and one of them resulted in the transportation of two men for arson ; so that the majority of fires occur in those parts of the metropolis where no inquiry takes place . The jury were unanimous in requesting the Coroner to , adjourn the inquest , which was accordingly , adjourned till Thursday next , at half-past two o ' clock .

    The Drainage ano Sewerage of Lambeth . —A very extensive and thorough : survey of the whole of this large parish is now in the course of being made , under the superintendence of tho Commissioners of Sewers , preparatory to an effective system , being introduced throughout this numerously populated district .

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    Seven Fishing Smacks and ; Thirty-skven Fishbbmhn Lost . —Seven fine fishing-smacks , whose crews numbered in the aggregate thirty-seven men and boys , which left Hull prior to Christmas-day , in 1849 , and which should have returned a fortnight ago , have not since been heard of . It is supposed that the vessels perisheddurint *; the gales of the 27 th and 28 th _"Decembers Various , _cauaea of this fearful loss of life and property are stated , but the most probable is that they foundered on the Lemon-oar Sand , : in consequence ' of-the floating light drifting from her moorings . The topmast of one ( the Mary ) was picked ¦ up off Lewestotfe , and brought into Hull

    on Friday week last . The Aylesbury ; Sayings Bank . — A fiat in bankruptcy having been issued against Henry Stratton ( clerk to Mr . James James , solicitor , of Aylesbury , the secretary to the savings bank . ) who is by this time with his wife and family in America , ' the property whieh he has left behind hira , including his furniture and other available assets , will now be secured for the benefit of his creditors ; as well as to make good , as far as it will go , the amount he has abstracted from the deposits of the savings bank . There will be two grounds for bis being claimed to be given up by the United States by the English government—first , for having forged the names of several of the depositors in the bank to receipt : and

    secondly , for not surrendering to his ; fiat . The Secretary of State has consented to fake the necessary steps to cause tbe apprehension of the fugative in America and his return to this country ; but decline " , as is customary in all similar cases , to bear the expenses ; attending such a proceeding . The mode which Stratton adopted to mystify the accounts ' and to "cook "the books of the bank , to deceive the trustees and managers , as well as Mr . James , the Secretary , was . of a character to disarm suspicion , and was otily . to be discovered by the closest investigation and the strictest scrutiny _. Poisoning a Railway Passenger . —We have had _detailed'the following particulars of a case of poisoning and robbery of a railway passenger , which

    took place a few weeks ago : — " It appears that on the day before Christmas-day a young man named George Lambert , who resides ' near Sheffield , was on his way to , pay a visit to a relative who resides in this town . When at the Masborough station he was accosted by some men , whe gavve him a lozenge , and raid , that as he was coming to Doncaster , they would all travel together . They accordingl y got him into a carriage along with them , ; and at the same time gave him another lozenge tb suck . He , however , put it into his pocket , and did not make auy further use of iti ¦ "He-then " - ' gradually became unconscious , and remembered nothing , but that he at one time heard a cry of " Liverpool" ¦ At length he was seizedat a station some distance beyond that town , and was dragged out by the porters under a supposition that he was intoxicated . Here he was charged 5 s . for

    extra'fare ; but , to his surprise , he found that he had been robbed of every farthing of his money , amounting to nearly < £ 5 . He was about to be locked up ' , but a gentleman who saw the proceeding had cbmpassion on him , paid his fare , and took hini to his own house , where the young roan was put to bed and confined to his chamber tor about a week , suffering from the effects of the drug which hadbeeti administered to him , ahd his friends , ia the ineantimej were quite ' uncbnscious of what had become '; o'f him'j ! The medical : gentleman who attendedhim stated that ' if he had sucked the second lozenge ; his life would have been in great danger ; - 'As it was , he had some difficulty in pres ' ervihghis ' ' eyesight . When sufficiently recovered , the ; kind gentleman : who had'befriended him 8 upplied''bim with money to pay " bis journey home , and thus-he was . restored to ' his friends . It

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    is only right to observe- * that > the ' young' man _» _is a person of steady andi sober _habitsj'and' that there ; is no ground whatever for supposing ; that he _vwas ' in a state Of' intoxication ; except from the effects - of the drug administered to _himX—DohcosUr Gazette . ¦ _ ; Death op a Pauper AND ' . VEaDicT of > Man . SLAUGHTER AGAINST ' AN _OVEBSEERl-rOh the 17 th inst . Mr . D . P . King , the coroner ; resumed the' inquiry relative to the death of George Luckete , \ of Marsh Gibbon , . who died _sina cart whilst being conveyed to the union house at Buckingham . The deceased was a poor old' man , sixty-nine ' years of age , and lived in a miserable place called the College , ten or twelve miles from Buckingham , his wife and two Hnnehters resided . with him . One of the latter had

    been ill for somes time ' past , hut ' she _struggled'onlin extreme ; poverty and - wretchedness , until / an-order was received for the removal of the deceased and his family to the union . _-Fridajr , the 11 th inst ., was fix « d upon to put the order _liito effect , and carry off the old _imanand his' family ; but , - himself-and -sick daughter only were packed . in the cart ; < and started on . their journey of many miles over a > wretched rough bye road , on one of i the » most bleak and cold winter days .: The cart was a common baker's vehi cle . without springs . The deceased , almbBt naked , and who was then , dying , was . placed ; in this cart along with _his < daughter , who was in ; a' dangerous state , and having : heen : covered ; with : a barn door _winnowing-sheet , ' thetwo paupers were removed , ahd

    when they reached the union the daughter was qujte insensible , and the father a corpse ' . The jurywhen they viewed the bidy of the deceased , deolared that they never : beheld such a deplorable . Bight before . Starvation and disease were depicted , strongly oivthe coutenance . of the poor raanJ , The only _articIes | of wearing apparel on the body was an old shirt and a waistcoat—Henry Jones proved having removed the deceased in _theimanner . stated above , byorderjof Josiah Jones , the _^ overseer . When he wen t to his house he was ly ingon the floor , groaning . < He thought him in a fit state- to ; be removed , andi he and thtjee others took him out * and lifted him in the cart -, " like a pig . * ' Onthe way : to the union he heard deceased croan . and he died about four , miles hefore hegot to

    the place . _Hethentold his daughter that herfatner was dead . He did . not think , when he removed him without trousers and stockings on , that he was dying The wife and another daughter refused to be remoVe'd . -Mr . White , the master of the union , said thatthe ¦ laughter ,: when admitted , was in a ' very _dangerohs condition ,: Brandy and arrowroot were administered toher . The barndoor winnowing-sheet was partly wrapped about her and partly round her , dead fathdr ; —Mr . King , relieving officer , said the deceased and hisfamily had beeniobjects of relief for _sonae weeks past . Their dwelling was in a filthy and destitute state . —Mr josiah Jones said that he was the overseer . : He received an order for the removal of def ceased from the medical attendant . ( The order was

    produced and rread by the coroner . , It gaid , if deceased was not removed he might create a pestilential disease . ) Witness went with two men to the guardian . Mr . Jones said they would he wanted to help deceased into the cart ; they did so , but as tbey could not get his clothes on be had him put in a winnowing-sheet , such as is put up at barn doors . He did not move about at ail . He should not have removed deceased if a letter had not been received from the doctor .: The cart was a village baker ' s . He considered the deceased would not be worse off in the cart than at home . —Mr . W . H . Somerset , medical poor law union attendant , said , he addressed the order of removal to Jones ; he considered the deceased would be better offin thecart than in his own

    miserable hut . When he last saw deceased and his daughter ( before the removal , ) he considered they were fit to be taken to the union , i He considered deceased died from cold and inclemency of the weather . He might have died if he had "been at home . He ought to have been removed with care , and blankets wrapped round him . The wife of deceased said , her husband had been ill some time with rheumatism and pains in the . bowels . He told her he was Unwilling to go into the union , as his time was very short . He got into a great rage with one of his daughters , when she told him he was to go into the workhouse . He said he would die first . When the men brought him down stairs , one took hold of his head , and the other held his heals . They could not get his trousers on . lie was not insensible ; she thought , when he was brought down stairs . —Dr . Southan said , that he saw the body when brought in .

    It was stiff and cold , and in a filthy condition . Exposure to the cold in such an inclement season , the state deceased was in from his age , the . depressed state of his vital powers ; and probable half-starved condition , were likely to be attended with fatal consequences . He considered there was great want of humanity shown in removing " deceased in thes ' ate he was in . —The jury , after consulting , returned a verdict of ' * Involuntary manslaughter against Josiah Jones , the overseer , " who wes thereupon committed for trial at the next Aylesbury assizes . A _Geon Example , —In consequence of the tenantry 1 under the Right Hon . Lord John . Scott , complaining of the damage done by the game to their crops ; « fcc , his , _lorddiip had destroyed the ' whole of his extensive preserves in _Warwickshire , dismissed his keepers , and given directions to his tenants to keep the game down by shooting all that they see on the land in their occupation .

    The Birmingham Magistrates . —Birmingham , Saturday , —The deputation appointed . to wait upon government with respect to the recent appointment of magistrates on the nomination of . Messrs . Geach and Thornton had an interview with Lord John Russelland Sir George Grey in Downing-street , on Friday . The Premier and Home Secretary declined to interfere , and questioned the power of town councils to nominate _^ borough magistrates " . They referred the deputation to the Lord Chancellor . After an interview of some length with the noble Lord the deputation were induced to hope , if not believe , that the recent commission will be superseded . Another Capture of Smugglers was made early on Monday morning off Southsea Beach , where a wherry withthree men and 150 gallons of foreign brandy was captured by Lieut . T . B . Clark and a party of men from Stokes Bay Station . .

    Supposeo Murder and Suicide by a Merchant , at Manchester . —On Monday morning a painful sensation was created here by a rumour that Mr . Alexander Novelli , a merchant , and his late brother ' s widow , both residing at Lower Broughton , had been found dead at their own house under very mysterious circumstances . Mrs . Novelli was the widow of Mr . Louis Novelli , of Prestwich , near Manchester , and the daughter of Mr . Hall , bleacher , of Prestwich . Mr , ' Louis Novelli died soon after returning'from Doncaster races about sixteen months ago , and lc _' t his widow and two young children very handsomely provided for . . His father , indeed , who is still living in the neighbourhood of London , retired froin business in Manchester net many years ago . in very

    affluent circumstances . Mr . Alex , _wovelh _, upon his : brother ' s death , was appointed one of the ; _exeeutbrs to his estate , and from that time has lived with his , brother ' s widow aiid the two children . A few _weekB back they took up their abode at Cliff Mound , a _gen-, teel residence purchased in the name of the children , at Lower Broughton . They appeared to live together on good terms , employing a man servant and two maid servants in the house . On Sunday they appeared to be in the enjoyment of their ordinary health ; and attended divine service at St . Clement ' s Church , Broughton . The servants retired to bed at the usual honr , leaving Mr .. Alexander ; Novelii and Mrs . Novelli in the sitting-room , and had no reason to suspect that anything unusual was about to take

    place . The man servant was horror-stricken to find , however , on descending to the sitting room on Monday at eight o ' clock , that Mrs . Novelli was dead . She was found reclining on a sofa partially undressed ; Her body was quite cold , and it is sup-S osed she had been - dead many hours . Mr . Alex _, rovelli was then souoht , that tidings of the death ' of his sister-in-law might be taken to him , " but oh " entering his room his dead body was found hanging from the ceiling . There was warmth about the region of the heart , and it was supposed that' he had not been dead more than a couple of hours . Mr . W ; S . Rutter _, the county coroner , held an inquest on Monday ; oh the bodies of Mr . Alexander , and Mrs . Harriet Novelli , ' at the residence of the deceased ; Mount-house , Lower Broughton . It appeared from

    the evidence , that both Mi . Alexander , and Mrs . Harriet Novelli , attended Prestwich church on Sunday morning , and . Broughton Church in the afternoon of the same day ; and they afterwards accompanied Mr . _Coston , one of the executors of the late Loiiis _Noyelji , andhusband to the deceased lady , to his house . to tea , and _returned home ' early in the evening . The servant , at the request of Mr : ; Novelli ; _brought two tumbler glasses , and a jug of hot water , ' before retiringto bed . The next morning the boy weiit into the dining-room to open the shutters ; when he found Mrs . Novelli lying dead on the'floor ; The eeryaht man instantly proceeded t <> Mr . _NoVdli _' s bed-room , when , he found hira suspended by the cord of his dressing-gown to _^'; the . mahogany bar , which is about ah inch and a quarter iu . diameter , with his knees touching thei floor . He then put his hand into the bed , which _waV quite warmi as also was the body . A female servant slept immediatelv

    over the dining-room , but stated that she heard no Bcuffle or disturbance during the night . The cushions onthe sofa had been disturbed ; one of them ' was lying on the floor , and the tablecloth was drawn considerably on ; one side ; - there -remained on the table a decanter and a _glassy containing' a small quantity of brandy , and there was likewise a strong smell of that _liquor in the room . —Mr . Harrison , surgeon , stated ; that he hnd ' made & post mortem examination of the bodies , and that upon the head and windpipeof the deceased lady , there were marks _suchus mighthave been' made bf finger hails , arid that those marks corresponded to echyniosis . v-Immei _™™ l "nderneatb tlie great vesselsI were ' gorged _with , bl 9 _> and ; ' on opening the chest , '• he fduhd the ' _^ _W _? , Wlth _^ venous ; bk ) bd , ahd _' the right side of _;™ _, heart ; _^ o . ;; There was nothing to-be found < V _? .- _R ? stomach-but' what is to be fouijd in a perfect M * ° y _^ K nnd free froni ' any _Appeavance ; of poison * ' The head and membranes of th _^ ) irain " wefe

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    . — , _ ; ¦ _; __ ( _, highly conges ' ted . ' _J' The cdhditien of the' head , " lungs '; and _heartjv'wte quite flufficieht tb account for death ; _frbicharosefrom ' _strangulatiohV ' There ' was nothing else to account " , for death . - - On the ' nose \ _- _' ptMr . Novell !; there _fwasa bruisej such ' as might b ' e ; caused by a scratch , which it is _sopposed he might haye _'; got iaan encounter with the deceased lady .- 'Mr . '' _Ainsworth , the . _other-medicalv . gentleman , corroborated the . testimony of . Mr . -Harrison , ! and produced a brooch with a gold pmjj which ; 'he ''( Mr ' . Aiiisworth ) had taken from her-breast that morning . The pin was . much bent , which ,-in his opinion , _proved . that a struggle had taken place . / Mr . Novelli ? _was ' _aboiit _twenty-eight years of age _.-. Mrs . Novelli was about thirty , and . had'had . two children ,, and she .. had i resided ' with Mr . 'Alexander Novelli since her _husband 8 _deceased The inquest waB ' adjbhrh ' ed to enable Mr . Novelli ' _s ' _friehds to prove acase of insanity ' . '' -- ; ¦;

    __ ¦ MnBDBBvAi _^^ _StaTToij is AsHniLD _. ' —On Monday a man named . Bewy ,. who , has , been li ? ing separate from his , wife for . some , years past ,, murdered his daughter , achild three years old , by striking her on the head with a'butcher ' s cleaven ; The cries ; ot the i unfortunate child soon attracted the Beighuours who soon forced , open ; the doors , but no effectual _aseisfancej eould be rendered . / Ihe child rexpired in a very short time . ' , Berry was taken , to the , Mansfield lock-up .,.-, . x : "' .. 7 i _^ _.. ' ' _^ :. „ _^ , _- _^ A " _'MiSTEBTOus 'Death of . a Pohceman . — . On Monday ' -n"ight , ' policSman Stamford ,- of Ithe Notts rural police _. iforce _. _ileft _. _Gotgrave , a village about seven miles from Nottingham , _ina . cart . along with a prisoner . who . had been _. apprehended on a charge nf rnhberv . -and whom he was directed to convey to

    the Nottingham police station . At eight o ' clock in the lereoihgr' Mri Thomas Smart , of the Trent Bridge , when proceeding . on the , Cofgrave-road , _obsen-ed the policeman in the cart alone , with his head reclining , on the seat .. Mr . Smart , and , a man who came up ; at the moment , supposing the policeman wa _* asleep , ( endeavoured to arouse him , but were horrified to find that he was lifeless . The body was conveyed , to the Trent Bridge Inn , and a surgeon was , sent for ,,, but his services : were of no avail . There was ho marks of violence , on deceased _' a face , butthe _. _surgeon refused to ' examine the body until _hesreceived 'instructions from the coroner . ' The man who had been in deceased ' s custody has not yet been recaptured .

    _: A , _. _Sinouxab DiscovERr : has been made with regard to ' one of the men missing froin Lynn . On Monday last a hat , a purse , and a knife were found by the stde of Wormegay Drain ; Upon the purse being shown to the niece of John Bell , she immediately , exclaimed , " That is my uncle ' s purse . I know it because I made it myself . ' : 'She then observed that it was her uncle ' s , it was mended in one part with a double thread ; and on examination so it proved to be . The purse / then , of Bell is found and identified , and that ¦ . in one of the most lonely places in the county , close to Wormegay Mere , a place to which it is very unlikely that an old man , above 80 _yeafg of nga , would yoluntawly go after dark ;; besidesheingfour miles distant from Lynn . The hat has been identified as blown from the head of a , traveller in wares ; but the , knife , a formidable ! weapon , has not been owned .

    _AccinENi to Mr . Adderwjt , M , P . —On Monday as Mr . Adderley , M . P ., with the Hon . " Mrs . Adderleyand : their family , _wub returning from Stoneleigh Abbey . to Hams ,, their ' carriage upset ,, owing to the icy state of _; the roads , as they were turning too quickly out of the park into' the high road . Though the carriage was completely smashed from the violence of the fall , no one received any serious injury further than a fewi bruises and slight cuts .

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    Escapk of a Party charged with Muroer . —In our last , we ( Glasgow Post ) called attention to the case of Cameronj the policeman , ' who was charged with murder at the late circuit trials in Glasgow , but who , through the activity . of his legal _aeent , oh the _dnejhand , and the carelessness or blundering of some one of our civic prosecutors on the other ,: is likely to defeat the ends of justice , and escape altogether even the chances of a trial . Cameron is again in custody . B y advice he gave himself up , after being " liberated indue course of law , " and it will require stronger legal arguments than any we have yet seen advanced , to satisfy us that , under

    the peculiar circumstances of the case , he runs any chance of being tried for tbo murder of which he is alleged , by the public prosecutor , to be guilty . It is extremely doubtful , in the opinion of high legal authorities , whether it is competent to proceed with _asecond'frial _, seeing that tlie statute ( 1701 ) " discharges the prisoner from being put or detained in gaol for the same crime after his liberation , in case that fact-was known to the committee at the time he applied for his' criminal letters ; " We understand the Lord Advocate has ordered an inquiry into the whole _^ circumstances connected with the liberation , with a yiewto _' ascertaihing who is to blame for the

    mismanagement , by which the prisoner was not served . . . witlvhis criminal letters on the evening of their arrival in Glasgow , nor in proper , time on the _morping following , ; and thereby obtained his release , and that the blame is likely to be brought home to a party in Glasgowi- Great _blamei is unquestionably attributable to some one in connexion with this important matter ; and it is but right that , in the ordinary . course of justiee , it should be put upon the right , shoulders . The competency of a second trial will , be discussed'in Edinburgh , before the High Court ' of Justiciary , on the 28 th bf the present month . f ' _i _"

    ; DESTftUCXIOM BV FlRE OF THE SEAT OF THE " Ouk * " _opJloNiaosE . —On Monday night last Buchanan House , ' in the parish of Buchanan , Stirlingshire , the , Scottish ' seat ' of the Duke of Montrose , was totally'destroyed by fire . The fire is believed to have \ beeh accidental , but the particulars of the occurrence have hot reached us ' . ' The ducal mansion was a fine old house , which , originally belonged to the once potent family of Buchanan . ; It was delightfully' situated in the neighbourhood of Lochloinoiid ; '" and what was _^ deficient in architectural graces ; - was made up by the beauty of the side and grounds . The greater part ofthe fine furniture and historical relics , are understood to have perished . The duko and famil y were absent at the time of the catastrophe . . _¦ - .

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    Protectionisi , Meeting in _Dublin . —Ah aggregate Protectiohist meeting took place in the Rotunda last week ; for which' great prep _' aratiohs had been made ; ?» It was presided over' by tha Marquis of Downshire ; and the aristocracy mustered strong upon the . occasion ; ., , Resolutions declaratory ; of the necessity ,, of . protectidh , and .. condemnatory of Free Trade , . were unanimously passed . r . . " , ' , " ¦ " ¦ _CrfiiNTER Aggregate' Meeting . '¦' — The , _' correspondeht ' of the _Kmessays ; — ' . * Although noda ' yhas been yet fixed'for _; the counter demonstration of the citizens of Dublin , ' itis stated that active preparations are in , progress , and tbat before the lapse of another

    week the voice of the Irish metropolis will pronounce its free opinion ' oh the policy or impolicy bf Free Trade . : ; The meeting , unlike the recent display , willhe : open to all parties , and the right to differ , it is promised , willbe accorded to such as may choose to do so . If report speak truly , this latter _conces-Bionis likely ; tobe put to the test , as it is said that one / or two ' ofthe ' speakers who . figured at the Rotunda ; 6 n Thursday week ,, will take up the gauntlet at . the citizen ' s : meeting whenever it may come off : and if so , it is to be hoped that good faith will be kept _. ahd that senseless , clamour will not be substituted for / legitimate argument . The high flown , eloquence expended by the , Lords . and com _moners . assembled at the . Rotunda gathering has not

    ¦• t old '; on the _^ Repealers . The ' Nation ; of Saturday treats the moyement . with supreme contempt , and in scathing , language , _. deridesthe empty ' threats of appeal to the cannon ' s mouth , " or else' . '—and asks my Lord Glengall . and his courtly agitators , if they really believe that this mock menace will tell on England , adding , "if there be any such witless mortal here , or acrossthe Channel , who believes in this blank cartridge alternative to protection , 'we tell him frankly that if anything could muster _theipebple of Ireland _againstthe independence ; of the . island , it would be that this independence was the last hope and mainstay of exterminators . ' : ' Such is " Young Ireland ' s " estimate . of the all but proffered alliance of the physical force aristocrats _..

    Tenant Movement . — The tenant protection movement is _gainingground in about the same proportion that the landlord protection game is losing it . ; The , landowners have created their Frankenstein , , as the . counter ; organisation 'has been aptly termed , ' . and they will be pursued by the formidable enemy , to tho last . . The . movement is spreading in the south , i The Kilkenny Journal states that Ballingarry _; . : the leading parish of Tipperary , " was : organised last , week ; and a meeting in the neighbburing _. oounty _^ of , Kilkenny , the announcement of this fact was received with loud cheers , , '• and the meet-i ed

    mg pledgitself that at least , ten thousand ( Man men sh ould attend , the Ballingarry . meeting , which they were led , to . believe wouldgive a tone toTipr perarVi --In these mass _movoments _. acoristitur tional mode of proceeding is not lost sight of , and petitions : to parliament , praying for tenant protecr tion . arc invariably adopted . - At the last meeting of the'Callan Society , it was resolved :- - ' . That a petition to Parliament in favour' of a continuance of free ( trade be adoptod , and forwardedrto Richard Cobden , rEsq ., for presentation ; in'the House of Commons , and . that John Bright , Esq ., be requested * to support its prayer . '' ' . : _;

    Thb _'« _ULSTER . Roman Catholic Memorial : —A deputation ; appointed to _present-the _^ memorial of _the-Roman Catholics' of Ulster ,, . praying for' the suppression of the , _Castlewelliin _Magistrates , ' waited oil' the Iiord-I / ieutehanti It was * accompanied ; ' by the Lord Mayor ;* who introduced ' the deputation ; The ; mem 6 rialcontainiii | : _uptrardg ' of 02 , 000 signatures ; "includmg , lC 5 iIloman CathQlib clergymen .- ! ! _>

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    : _U / 'His _^^ Excellenicy _^ read tbefollowing . reply ; ,: _^ : ' _^ ' i _-GENirapM / r- _^ _Iliavelartenavely cbneiderea the memorial whichy , ouhayefnow presented , ; and _^ a i , copy ofwhiclvhail been ' ali _* 'iady ' f 6 r * arded ' tb nie .., _...,. ..,,, ? .. X ;' ''• Although rairi fully sensible how important it is tliat in the _administrationofjhstlcedlstinbtionSOf Creed and prirty - should be _uhkhosrh , yet _Ido . not . feel that I can properly recorrnhehd to ' - 'the lord . Chancellor the' prayer bf your memorial viz . — * To supersede in the . commission of the peace , certain magistrates who , at a ; Petty Sessions held in Castlewella'h ' oii ' the 9 th of October last , refused to take , in . formation ' s against _parties proved to nave formed a portion _ofahavqwedlyillegalassemblyi ' . . ; v 7 . ;¦ , . < "' : ' It does not appear that any of the magistrates whose , removal'is desired took : _jmrt ' or were personally implicated in the transactions which formed the subject of the investi gation at the Petty Sessions referred to .. Whp assembled r " _^ _T 7 . _^ _r

    however , " they ' 'did decide not to receive _. _'informationg against persons who were alleged to have formed portion of an assembly which , in . tti & . opinion , of the Commissioner Mr . Berwick , and the Attorney-General , was illegal ; but I cannot consider that the : _refusalLoftthe magistrates to act on that Tiew of . the law ( ho _^ veTer-correct } ; affords "just grounds for superseding theni in the commission of the peaee ., It has ueea the , praoticeb'f the government in thi 3 country to afford , legal advice to the local _magistracv in the difchatge of their duties but it is not to be supposed nor can it he justly contended , that the opinion thus given is binding on the magistrate , ' wno . receives it , although obtained at his instance . . . He is . still free to act on his own

    _judgm 6 ntand responsibility . The law and the constitution have confided to hini this power , and he should hot he removed from the commission merely upon the ground that he declines to abide by the opinion of a legal officer of the Crown . " It is unnecessary for me to state how deeply I have dc plored the lamentable occurrences ofthe last 12 th of July which were attended with such fatal consequences , and I can assure you that Her Majesty ' s Government fully recognises the necessity of putting an end to those rival party displays _, which tend to keep continually alive feelings of animosity and ill-will between her Majesty ' s subjects of different reli gious persuasions . -

    _iNnicATioxs op _Improvement . —The correspondent of the Morning Chronicle says : " Although the embarrassed landlords and their tenantry are suffering severely , and the Poor-law taxation , in extensire districts of the south and west , hag left immense quantities of land unoccupied ' arid . _nncultivated ; yet , on all estates where a proper land-system has been adopted , and the landlords are really tbe owners of their property , rents arcnowpaid very fairly , all cireuMstahces' considered . '' -I have' learned that the tenantry of the Duke of Lemster , in Kildare , have paid their rents for ; the last year with a degree of punctuality that "fbrihS ' a ' remarkable contrast with estates in other parts of the country ; and that the noble duke and other well-circumstanced proprietors

    have their rents better paid at present than at any period since 1846 . . ' . Ths Irish fJduRT of Chancery . —It is a cunous fact that the business in the Irish Court of Chancery , in all its brahches / is brice more as brisk as it had been in theordinary periods of litigation before the famine had extended to the ' . 'Four Courts . A very general opinion had prevailed ' that the Encumbered Estates Commission would . have produced a sweeping , change in the' busihiss of the ordinary canity courts ; biit . it is hot mote strange thin true that , although ah enormous amount ' of causes ; in the way of petitions for the sale of estates previously in Chancery , has already . accumulated before the Encumbered Commissioners , the duties of the Lord

    Chancellor , the Master of the Bolls , and the four Masters in Chancery , have increased during the pre * 8 ent . term , after a lull which has proved merely temporary . Many of the causes , in the Encumbered Commission Court had completely fiih their course in Chancery—that final decrees for ' sale had been pronounced ; but , from one reason or other , iihper * fectidn of title , or , perhaps , inability to divide estates into lots suitable to purchasers , or the impossibility of . obtaining bidders at the required rates : of purchase , the sales were not made , and some of the parties interested have in consequence availed themselves of the facilities offered by the Encumbered Estates Act to'force sales under circumstances considered advantageous and inexpensive / ¦' ..

    _Incumbered Estates Commission . —The business of this commission continues tb augment at a rapid rate . A new list of petitions for sales ; thirtytwo in number , was . presented between the 7 th and the 15 th inst . A considerable portion of those petitions affect estates in the western provinces . There are three petitions on the case of Lord Oranmore , and the petitioners are relatives of the noble lord , namely , the Hon . Mary Anne Browne , the Hon . Georgina Dorcas Browne ( his lordship ' s sisters , } and the Rev . J . G . Browne . . Protectionist Movement . —The intention of convening a Protectionist meeting in the county of Sligo has been abandoned . In fact , the Irish Protectionists seem to have got quite enough agitation ; and they are now restoring to petitions quietly circulated amongst the party . " :

    News for Farmers . —There has been-an advance in the price"bf beef in the southern markets . The Cork Constitution says : — "Previous to Christmas it was very low , there being a large number of small , light cattle in the hands of farmers , which having _Jieen disposed of , good cattle at present are fetching advanced prices . ; Pork , too , is getting Bcarce , and likely to advance in pricei " Farm Improvements . ;— Mr . Stewart , of the firm of Stewart aiid'KiBcaid , has returned to Dublin after a tour of inspection over the properties of Lord Palmerston and other gentlemen , to whom this eminent firm are agents . Upon Lord Palmerston ' s property , in this county , enormous improvements are being carried out under the local direction

    ot Mward Smith , Esq . _„ which must result m great benefit to the tenantry . .- . , Tub Irish Poor Law . —Another death from starvation is recorded in the Newcastle union , and the ' _following' -verdict has been returned by the coroner s jury : — '' We find that the deceased , John Harnett , _cai-ne . by . his death from cold and starvation , arising from the cruel , and arbitrary conduct ofthe Poor Law Commissioners in withholding from the guardians , after , repeated remonstrances , their sealed order empowering them ¦ to grant out-door relief more generally to the destitute _soor of this

    union ; and we further find , unless in-door accommodation or a more general system of out-door relief be instantly afforded , that the deaths of hundreds of the now starving poor of this union must immediately and inevitably follow . " A riot took place last week in the Athlone workhouse among the female , paupers . A strong police force was called in , but the insurgents successfully assailed them for some time with the hot " stirabout" with which they , had ; been . provided for supper—the said stirabout , thus converted into a formidable missile , having been the cause of the insubordination .

    The new sea pier at Moyille , in the , county ot Derry , has been completed , and the works are stated to have given complete [ Satisfaction upon the official inspection . The . entire length-of the pier is 408 feet ; breadth , forty feet ; ten feet below low water at its head , nine feet ; to the extent of 250 feet inward , - and thence gradually decreasing to thc depth of seven feet . The stones used in its erection vary from two to five , tons , and were procured in the neighbourhood . ! -... _¦¦ _.-A case , in which the name of Sir Robert Peel is incidentally mixed up , will be tried in the Irish

    Court of Exchequer in a few days . -The plaintiff is a Mrs . Taylor , wife of an English clergyman , and sole surviving daughter of the illustrious John Philpott Curran , and the defendant , ; a Mrs . Simpson , with whom the plaintiff has resided as a lodger . The subject of the action is a portrait of Curran , painted by Lawrence , and which was purchased by Sir Robert Feel from Mrs . Simpson , who , according to the p laintiff , had no ri ght to . sell it , but who states , in her turn , that it was , a free gift to her from the plaintiff . The trial has been fixed for the 2 nd of February .

    Murder in the County of Limerick . —On the night of Tuesday , the 15 th instant , Edward Uurly , of _. Ballinahinch , nearKnocklong , was murdered in his own house , in the presence of his wile and five children . Hurley andhis family , after rising from prayers , directed his son to look' after the cattle before they retired to rest . The boy proceeded to the door , and upon opening it observed an armed man outside . The fellow told Hurley ' s son to go _backhand with the muzzle ofthe gun forced him to the centre of the dwelling , when his father , mother , brothers , and sisters , promptly assailed the intruder , who was repulsed ; but , alas ! the melancholy ; catastrophe is now to he told . As Hurley , the head of this brave family , was locking the door , the atrocious ruffian . fired from without ; the " -all

    entering his left eye , carried away the upper parted his skull , and the innocent victim fell dead on the spot ! Application for "Information" Refused . —Just before the rising of the Court of _Queen s Bench on Saturday evening , a . tall solemn-looking gentleman , said to be a member ofthe legal profession , got on . his legs , and after a preparatory - 'hem , " put the following question " to the "Chief Justice ( Blackburne ) : —•* My Lord , —I have been deputed by some of the most respectable of the citizens of Dublin to inquire from your Lordship what time the court will deliver judgment 'in the case of I * Wau ' chob _vi-Reynolds' _?' . ' ' ' - with a gravity of countenance four times as : imperturbable as -that of the questioner , the Chief Justice replied as _follows : —• _• - Have the kindness _? to inform the respectable citizens who hare sent you here , that you have _> put that ouestion to

    the Court , and that the Court gave you ho reply' - The Irish Linen Trade . —The' Belfast News Letter , in ii review ofthe staple trade of Ulster during tbo past year , after noticing the ' depression resulting from the disturbed-state of the continent / observes of the ' present : — 'Mtis true that all hands are employed ; Spinners > 'are _receivings-price for their yarns- whioh enables them . to continue sp inning * Our manufacturers are : fully engaged . But / if * _¦ " * B « _Tsk are they profitably employed ?* the answer , _w ° are sorry to - say , ; must * be in the negative . Pri « are . yet very low , and , not by . any ;' means _remuncratingj especially for such qualities ofoui _' linens _aS heavy mediums and strong cloth ; ' Light linens have certainly beoorae'te ' ry scarce ;* and the enormous demand for goods foi * dyeihgfor the iAmerioan > mar _* 'ef > and white li ght- linens > for Italy and the " South _^ Europe generall y _^ ha s , for the moment raised tho price of _coarao light linens : but , in * a few week _?;

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 26, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26011850/page/6/